Avanzi di un antico Sepolcro ... dalla Porta di Capua per andar a Napoli

1776

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: etching on laid paper
Dimensions: plate: 72.3 x 48.1 cm (28 7/16 x 18 15/16 in.) sheet: 77.8 x 54.2 cm (30 5/8 x 21 5/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1985.61.133
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Avanzi di un antico Sepolcro ... dalla Porta di Capua per andar a Napoli — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1776.

Medium: etching on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 72.3 x 48.1 cm (28 7/16 x 18 15/16 in.) sheet: 77.8 x 54.2 cm (30 5/8 x 21 5/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1985.61.133. Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, acquired with assistance from The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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